H5548

סַלְכָה

sal.khahN:N--L

Salecah

§ Salcah or Salchah = "migration" a town or district at the extreme eastern limit of Bashan and allocated to the tribe of Gad; modern 'Sulkhad' which is 56 miles (90 km) east of the Jordan at the southern extremity of the Hauran mountain range

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

סַלְכָה proper name, of a location city on east border of Bashan, Deut 3:10; Josh 12:5; Josh 13:11 (all D), 1Chr 5:11 = Nabataean עלתד (Lzb³⁵⁸ Cook¹⁰¹), modern ‚al—ad, ‚ar—ad, on southern spur of Jebel Hauran, approximately 63 miles due east of Jordan; compare Buhl^{Geogr. 252} Dr^{Deut 3:10}; ᵐ5 Σελχα, Ελχα, etc. (Σ lost often after ἔως).

2 occurrences

Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (1)

Deuteronomy 3:10
Joshua 12:5